Music

The sound of Melbourne-based Grace Cummings has been described in the Guardian UK as "powerful enough to pound granite into dust" and that voice is at full power in her new album Ramona. The artist… Audio

At a time in Aotearoa when God Save the Queen was sung at the cinema and long hair was banned at school, the Chants brought their wild sound to the Christchurch music scene. Rock and Roll champion… Audio

Tony Stamp reviews a club-focused excursion by the Mercury Prize-winning UK rapper. Video, Audio

Tony Stamp reviews the American musician's latest embrace of Americana, a release that shows deep familiarity and affection for past greats of the genre. Video, Audio

Maggie Tweedie weighs in on Yumi Zouma's ninth record, EP IV, written and produced by the band at Studio Mech in Yutenji, Japan. Video, Audio

Ahead of her two NZ shows, English musician Beth Orton tells Music 101 about singing with "deep sincerity" and her newfound gratitude for songwriting. Video, Audio

Troy Kingi, Dallas Tamaira (Fat Freddy's Drop), Rio Hemopo (TrinityRoots) will perform with a full band tracks from American singer/songwriter Bill Withers' incredible catalogue, including 'Lean on… Audio

Dan Auerbach, singer and guitarist of The Black Keys, introduces Charlotte Ryan to 'record hangs', a pastime that feeds the band's musical inspiration and their new album Ohio Players. The Black Keys… Audio

Childrens' television presenter turned author, Jason Gunn joins Colin Peacock to play favourites. Jason is taking part in the Auckland Writers Festival's Schools Programme Hotaka Kura and has written… Audio

Tonight, songs from American singer-songwriter Zsela, a new Afrofuturist album from Moor Mother, and Estonian experimental musician Lolina. Audio

Percussionist Jacob Nissly and composer Adam Schoenberg are in the country for the NZSO performance of Adam's percussion concerto, "Losing Earth", which was written for Jacob. Audio

R&B dream team Haz Beats and Miloux join Jesse in the Auckland studio to perform some songs from their Blonde and Brunette EPs. Video, Audio

Young, gifted and into the classics as well as classical music. Bryan Crump talks with the pianist Otis Prescott-Mason. Video, Audio

Today Zac talks to Jesse about new music from Emojion and Jess Cornelius. Audio

On todays episode, Ray Leslie speaks on her latest single ‘The Fridge All Stocked”, Evie tries her hand at making AI music and offends everybody in the process, and So’omālō breaks down the DOC’s… Audio

Maybe a bit on the raucous side, but still, we think there's something calming about a bit of Kaka cacophony. Audio